Kenji Mizoguchi
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Kenji Mizoguchi

Born 16 May 1898 · Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan · Died 24 August 1956

Kenji Mizoguchi (16 May 1898 – 24 August 1956) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu (1953) won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and appeared in the Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll in 1962 and 1972. Mizoguchi is renowned for his mastery of the long take and mise-en-scène. His films have an extraordinary force and purity. They shake and move the viewer by the power, refinement and compassion with which they confront human suffering.

Known for

Ugetsu
Sansho the Bailiff
The Life of Oharu
Street of Shame
Chikamatsu Monogatari
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
Sisters of the Gion
The 47 Ronin
Osaka Elegy
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
A Geisha
Miss Oyu
An Osaka Story
Street of Shame
Taira Clan Saga
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Sansho the Bailiff
Chikamatsu Monogatari
The Woman in the Rumor
Ugetsu
A Geisha
The Life of Oharu
Miss Oyu
The Lady of Musashino
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Flame of My Love
Women of the Night
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Utamaro and His Five Women
Victory of Women
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
Victory Song
Miyamoto Musashi
The 47 Ronin
A Man of the Arts
Osaka Woman
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
The Straits of Love and Hate
Osaka Elegy
Sisters of the Gion
Oyuki the Virgin
Miss Okichi
The Downfall of Osen
Poppy
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
The Water Magician
The Feast of Gion
And Yet They Go On
Tokyo March
The Morning Sun Shines
Metropolitan Symphony
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
Smiling Earth
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
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